Underwear
That Formfit Feeling
What exactly is she feeling? Insanity? Hysteria?
And here she looks like a vampire craning its neck back, about to bite a victim.
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 01, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, Underwear, 1960s
Magneto-Conservative Garments
Advertised in the Los Angeles Herald and elsewhere, late 19th and early 20th centuries:
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 22, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Underwear, Medicine, Nineteenth Century
Jockey—They Keep Their Fit
In 1955, Jockey Briefs ran an ad campaign featuring young boys shoving guns into their underwear.
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Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 13, 2013 -
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Category: Guns, Advertising, Underwear
Underwear Art
Woodward is upset that he was booted out of the event. He says he wasn't trying to shock anyone. He insists that, "I brought what I felt was my best work at the time." He's surely telling the truth because the hanging underwear was also his final thesis project at the university.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 05, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Underwear
Snowballs for Men
Joshua Shoemake is trying to raise money in order to fund his dream of cooling men's private parts. If he raises $20,000 by April 4 he's in business, but he's still got a long way to go.
Which is to say, he's got a kickstarter campaign to fund his idea of manufacturing "Snowballs: Cooling Underwear for Conceiving Men." Apparently, if a guy is trying to get a girl pregnant, his fertility increases if his dangly bits are slightly chilled.
Wasn't there an episode of Cheers where Sam wore frozen underwear to boost his fertility?
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 09, 2013 -
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Category: Underwear, Genitals
Follies of the Madmen #201
The message here? Sloppy panties imperil the elderly and the nation's health care policies.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 01, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Elderly, Underwear, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #198
Sloggis? Really? Isn't that the worst name for briefs?
Still in business, so it must work, I guess.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 07, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Weird Names, Underwear, 1980s
Anti-fart Underwear
From what I can determine, these appear to be a real product. The ass-essments of WU readers are welcome.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 11, 2012 -
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Category: Flatulence, Underwear, Diseases
Unfortunate Contextual Slang Usage
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 14, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Underwear, 1940s, LGBT, Men
Maidenform Dream
Never mind that she's playing pool in her bra, on a pool table that appears to be wet. What's going on with that hairdo?
(via Vintage Ads)
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 10, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling, Underwear, Advertising
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